Verse 7
1 Kings 6:7
Free Bible Version
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So Solomon finished building the Temple, covering it with a roof made of cedar rafters and planks.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הַ/בַּ֨יִת֙ בְּ/הִבָּ֣נֹת֔/וֹ אֶֽבֶן שְׁלֵמָ֥ה מַסָּ֖ע נִבְנָ֑ה וּ/מַקָּב֤וֹת וְ/הַ/גַּרְזֶן֙ כָּל כְּלִ֣י בַרְזֶ֔ל לֹֽא נִשְׁמַ֥ע בַּ/בַּ֖יִת בְּ/הִבָּנֹתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And the house, when it was being built, was built of complete stone; neither hammer nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built.
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Chapter 6 Context
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Four hundred and eighty years after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of King Solomon's...
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The entrance room at the front of the Temple was twenty cubits wide. It ran the whole width of the T...
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He also had a structure built against the outer wall of the Temple, both the outer and the inner san...
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The ground floor measured five cubits wide, the first floor six cubits, and the second floor seven c...
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When the Temple was built the stones were finished at the quarry so that no noise from any hammer, a...
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The entrance to the ground floor was on the south side of the Temple. Stairs led to the first floor,...
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So Solomon finished building the Temple, covering it with a roof made of cedar rafters and planks.
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He built the external structure along the whole of the Temple. It was five cubits high, joined to th...
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The Lord sent this message to Solomon, telling him,
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“About this Temple you are building: if you follow what I have said, fulfilling my requirements and...
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I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon Israel, my people.”
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12
He sectioned off twenty cubits at the rear of the Temple with boards of cedar from floor to ceiling,...
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The cedar panels inside the Temple were decorated with carvings of gourds and open flowers. Everythi...
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The inner sanctuary measured twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He had...
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15
Solomon had the whole of the inside of the Temple covered with pure gold, He had gold chains stretch...
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He covered the whole inside of the Temple with a coating of gold until it was all finished. He also...
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He had two cherubim made out of olive wood for the inner sanctuary, each one ten cubits tall.
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Both wings of the cherub measured five cubits, making a total wingspan of ten cubits.
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The other cherub was also ten cubits tall, since they were identical both in size and shape.
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He had the cherubim placed inside the inner sanctuary of the Temple. Since their wings were fully sp...
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He had all the Temple walls, both the inner and outer sanctuaries, carved with designs of cherubim,...
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He also had the floor of the Temple covered with gold, both the inner and outer sanctuaries.
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He had doors of olive wood made for the entrance to the inner sanctuary, together with a lintel and...
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These olive wood double doors had carved into them designs of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers...
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Its doors were made of cypress wood, each with two hinged panels.
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He had them carved with designs of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and covered them with gol...
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The foundation of the Lord's Temple was laid in the fourth year of Solomon's reign, in the month of...
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The Temple was finished exactly as specified and planned in Solomon's eleventh year, in the eighth m...
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